APOD: Comet ISON Rising (2013 Nov 27)

[Beyond]

Awww, shucks!

[MargaritaMc]

The latest news from the live NASA hangout on ISON is that it has very probably disintegrated.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25143861

'Despite its great size, Ison was probably torn apart in the immense heat and tidal forces so close to the Sun.

The European Space Agency's experts on the Soho Sun-watching satellite called the death of the comet at about 21:30 GMT.

"Our Soho scientists have confirmed, Comet Ison is gone," Esa's twitter feed announced.'

RIP Ison.
M

[Ann]

Oh.

Ann

[BMAONE23]

The latest SOHO LASCO C3 image appears to show the comet or fragments past perihelion and continuing

[Anthony Barreiro]

Spaceweather.com copies a soho movie showing something emerging from the far side of ISON's encounter with the Sun: "Whether this is a small scorched fragment of Comet ISON's nucleus or perhaps a "headless comet"--a stream of debris marking the remains of the comet's disintegrated core--remains to be seen."

[neufer]

[b][color=#0000FF]Comet ISON early this morning Friday Nov. 29. Clearly, the comet has some life left. It’s both brighter and broader than yesterday evening.[/color][/b]

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Comet ISON update Nov. 29 – Still kicking!
by Astrobob, Nov. 29

<<ISON refuses to die. Maybe it’s perspective or better illumination of the comet’s dust through forward scattering (backlighting by sunlight – like seeing someone’s breath on a cold day) or further vaporization of the remaining chunks of ISON’s nucleus. Whatever the cause, the comet has clearly brightened over the past six hours. Around 6 o’clock Thursday evening, ISON was fainter than first magnitude Antares. Now it’s at least magnitude 0. Bring it on!>>